How to remove searchnu.com redirect virus

This is another post on browser redirection issue. Today the story will be about searchnu.com redirector. Without a doubt, it is very annoying for all users to encounter this unexpected modification with their browser. The point is that in case this hijacker attacked your system all your search queries will be redirected via this site. And, by the way, in many of the cases the answers for the search queries will be totally different from what user expects.

searchnu.com browser redirecting Trojan may attack systems that have poor level of cyber security. Sometimes this is the fault of the browser’s vulnerability that the scam was installed. In other cases it might happen that users is personally responsible for installation of this annoying hijackers, after downloading some software that was bundled with the installer of searchnu.com virus.

Whatever the case might be, searchnu.com attacks various browsers, not only Internet Explorer. Opera, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox may be attacked and infected to. What you desperately need is a powerful security software that will help you identify the threat and remove it at its root immediately, without hesitation. Please find the recommended removal guidelines below.

a) Go to: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc. b) Double-click “hosts” file to open it. Choose to open with Notepad. c) The “hosts” file should look the same as in the image below. There should be only one line: 127.0.0.1 localhost in Windows XP and 127.0.0.1 localhost ::1 in Windows Vista. If there are more, then remove them and save changes. Read more about Windows Hosts file here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/972034

You may also reset your HOSTS file settings using the Tool of GridinSoft Trojan Killer application as shown at the picture below:

Check Internet Explorer add-ons. Get rid of unknown or suspicious add-ons contained there

Use Kaspersky TDSSKiller (TDSS Killer) application to get rid of malware belonging to the clan of Rootkit.Win32.TDSS

a) Download the file TDSSKiller.zip and extract it into a folder b) Execute the file TDSSKiller.exe. c) Wait for the scan and disinfection process to be over. Close all programs and press “Y” key to restart your computer.

The last but not the least, reset your Router back to the factory default settings

Keep in mind that this step is optional and should be completed only if you have followed all the above recommendations and you still have the redirect virus on your computer. First of all, please follow this guide: How to Reset a Router Back to the Factory Default Settings. Then you should flush DNS cache: a)Go to Start->Run (or WinKey+R) and type in “cmd” without quotation marks. b) In a new window please type “ipconfig /flushdns” without quotation marks and press Enter.

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